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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: shannon
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Definition: a unit of logarithmic measure of information equals to the decision content of a set of two mutually exclusive events, expressed as a logarithm to base two

Example: The decision content of a character set of eight characters equal to the logarithm to base two of 8 being 3.


Publication date:1992-03
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